I can appreciate the work, though it's not necessarily something I'd want in my living room (I know, that's not much better than saying "I don't know much about art, but I know what I like")–it looks to me like a cross between Howard Finster and R. Crumb. The man himself was born in Belfast but raised in Alabama from the age of 14 or so, and his appearance bears that out: he's got the swept-back Jerry Lee Lewis hair but a stumpy Irish body, and his accent is American but some of his words still sound Irish.

This was my take-away-to-think-about-later: he said when he wanted to think about something, like fatherhood or politics & religion, he would start to make drawings about it, and see what might come from it. His usual progression of work is drawing to print to painting, with various detours for silk screens and light boxes and whatnot, his work in various forms serving to edit and form the underlying ideas. It's interesting, but I'm not sure how I would emulate it, unless I started baking on themes or something…"Exploring the Reagan Era in Pound Cake." Hmmm.

5 Responses to Art lecture yesterday

David Sandlin's style looks to me like a cross between Norman Rockwell and Mad Magazine. Nice to visit but I wouldn't want to live there.
Nice rocker all cozy by the fireplace set up you got there. Watch out for the kitter's tails when you rock.
Steve Keene sure is generous! With color and with sending his paintings.
The girls want to play with the paper. Hurry up and tear it off!